Prefpar To Meet Your God - Free Sermon Outlines

1 Gene to meet your GodText: Amos 4:12 Introduction ending of one calendar year and the beginning of another is a time of bothreflection and also should be a time of preparation and purpose for it is not enough toanticipate the new live a worthwhile life, we cannot live aimlessly. time of year we make plans and preparation for the coming review the past year and note not only the things we have accomplishedbut also those things we have failed to look to the future year and reflect on how we can achieve more, gainmore, and make our lives more comfortable and make resolutions to do better and live better and to give up some badhabits.

2 We are already thinking along these lines, I would like to discuss a kind ofpreparation that is far more important than preparing for a new year preparing tomeet our need for this preparation is universal. (Heb. 9:27; Acts 17:31; 2 Cor. 5:10) seems many are interested in going to heaven but few are willing to makethe necessary preparation to go )Someone has said, Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. 2)One does not stumble into heaven or get there by )We must make preparation in this life for the life to The Context and Setting of Our Lesson Text - Amos 4 text is a solemn warning to the people of the Northern kingdom issued to those people in the long ago, its principle is one to whichwe should give attention because we must remember that what happenedto the people of God back then can happen to us today.

3 (Rom. 15:4; 1 :11)Gene date of the text is about 755 was during the reign of Jeroboam II who ruled over Israel from 793 to753 was a time of prosperity and expansion in Israel because Jeroboam IIwas a powerful and able regained much of the territory that had been lost to othernations bringing the kingdom near to its size during the reign have described this time, though, as the Indian Summer ofIsrael a brief time of prosperity before their s material prosperity had not been matched a nation they had forgotten was, therefore, a need for Amos had an outward form of worship which had no influence on only superficially went through the motions of religious and social conditions were very similar to what wesee in our society was justification for God to be angry with them anddisapprove of their had punished Israel in order to bring about their repentance bysending a drought, famine, pestilence, and an earthquake.

4 (Amos 4:6-11) sent Amos to warn Israel of the coming judgment and gave them time to , it was all to no avail for they were overrun and destroyed bythe Assyrians, who served as God s instrument to execute Hisjudgment upon Israel, in 721 Israel was warned to Prepare to meet your God, so is man New Testament Warnings Which Indicate Now Is the Time to Prepare for 25 contains three accounts that illustrate this life is a time of ten virgins. (1-13) (14-30) (31-46) the teachings of Matthew 6:19-20; Titus 2:11-15; and Hebrews 2 is the time for preparation for there will be a time of reckoning andrecompense when all must stand before God.

5 (2 Cor. 5:10; Rom. 14:12) spite of warnings in Scripture, how sad it is that the majority of without no fear of at naught God s not observe God s works or mark His and act as if there were no The Kind of Preparation Needed: preparation is essential to be properly prepared to meet cannot properly prepare to meet God if he will not prepare in accordance with God s way. (Matt. 7:21; Jer. 10:23; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:3) cannot mix his ways, or the ways of other men, with the way of God(Rev. 22:18-19) preparation consists in Christ. (Heb. 11:6; John 3:16; 8:24) repentance. (Acts 17:30) of faith in Christ.

6 (Matt. 10:32; Rom. 10:10) for remission of sins. (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38) life of faithful service. (Rom. 12:1-2; Rev. 2:10)Conclusion can make no better resolution for the new year than to live each day inaccordance with the will of God so that you will be prepared to meet Him when thetime comes. yourself, Am I prepared to meet God? not, why not begin your preparations today?